Many successful green technologies replace existing ones with little to no transition. This includes cost, appearance (in the case of building materials and other consumer goods), and ease of use. While dry cleaning is ripe for a more eco-friendly approach, it is expensive. In order for a new product to be sustainable it must be [...]
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Green Dry Cleaning Takes Off
June 19th, 2010 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Products 
Tags: California, Carbon Dioxide, Denver, Farmer's Market, Green Technology, New York City 
1 Comment »May 2010 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
May 3rd, 2010 Eric Wilson On or around the first of every month, 2nd Green Revolution updates the green events calendar for the coming month. Last November we began including a post highlighting some of the intriguing events for that month. Unlike past months where many of the events on the calendar take place abroad, May showcases numerous conferences, workshops, [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Local Energy/Food, Sustainability Tags: Calendar, Clean Energy, Lifecycle, New Urbanism, New York City, NYC Green Buildings No Comments »March 2010 Clean Energy and Sustainability Events
March 1st, 2010 Eric Wilson On or around the first of every month, 2nd Green Revolution updates the green events calendar for the coming month. Last November we began including a post highlighting some of the intriguing events for that month. Many of the events on the calendar for March take place in India and China. Half of the events [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Sustainability Tags: Bio-fuels, Biomass, Biomimicry, Calendar, California, New York City, Santa Barbara No Comments »Trash Goes Clean: Hybrid Garbage Collectors
December 8th, 2009 Eric Wilson While there is more news than we can possibly cover, there were a number of intriguing stories covered by The New York Times recently that deserve mention. Included was an article about hybrid garbage trucks. In New York City, a number of trucks have been retrofitted with hybrid drivetrains. Because these vehicles start and stop [...]
USGBC Announces New Building Performance Initiative
September 26th, 2009 Eric Wilson In a recent email sent out to its members, the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that their new Building Performance Initiative “will be in full swing with the first of five summits planned to raise the level of discussion about how we can ensure that all green buildings perform the way they are [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Green Building Tags: California, Greenbuild Expo, LEED, New York City, Triple Bottom Line, USGBC, Washington DC No Comments »Why Sustainable Development Has Failed
July 19th, 2009 Eric Wilson Late last month I attended the National Association of Independent School’s Institute for Leadership in Sustainability. As part of the conference, most of the attendees stayed at a hotel near the airport which had a shuttle back and forth to the airport. In addition, the host of the institute – Woodward Academy – provided a [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Op-Ed, Sustainable Development, Transportation Tags: Bus, Los Angeles, Mass Transit, NAIS, New York City, Trains No Comments »Five Friday Facts
June 19th, 2009 Justin Manger In San Jose, California, three private partners will produce 900,000 gallons of biogas using German technology and 150,000 metric tons of organic waste generated by San Jose residents (source: New York Times). Puget Sound Energy, the electricity provider for the Seattle, Washington region, gets 42% of its total electricity production from hydro-power. New York City [...]
Posted in Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger Tags: Battery, Biogas, Carbon Dioxide, Hydroelectricity, New York City 1 Comment »American Cities Hope to Entice Pedestrians with Carless Districts
June 3rd, 2009 Eric Wilson Following the recent trend of cities such as Vauban, outside of Freiburg, Germany, New York City has been decreasing automobile traffic in midtown Manhattan. With the goal of making Times Square (and surrounding areas such as Herald Square) more pedestrian friendly, vehicular traffic has been permanently suspended on Broadway, which cuts across Times Square. On [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Bicycles, Carless Cities, Cars, New York City, Santa Barbara No Comments »Green Drinks: Not Just for Saint Patrick’s Day Anymore
May 29th, 2009 Eric Wilson For 20 years now, Green Drinks has been bringing together like-minded individuals to discuss the second green revolution. According to their website, “Every month people who work in the environmental field meet up at informal sessions.” These include “people from NGOs, academia, government and business” as part of their consortium. Staged in countries from Algeria [...]
Revitalizing the Inner City via the Green Economy
May 14th, 2009 Eric Wilson Two prominent proponents of the green economy and green movement, Van Jones and Majora Carter, envision a future where inner cities are revitalized by the current green tide. Mr. Jones is a special advisor for green jobs, enterprise, and innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and founder of Green for All, [...]
Posted in Business, Eric Wilson, Green Economy, Sustainable Development Tags: Green Jobs, New York City, Stimulus Bill, Triple Bottom Line 1 Comment »
